hey i need pics of painted mdf boxes im not sure i want to carpet or paint my box. i know carpet would be easier but i dont know what a primered, sanded,spray painted.\,glossed box would look like. thanks

Primetime

07-25-2003, 12:02 AM

hey i need pics of painted mdf boxes im not sure i want to carpet or paint my box. i know carpet would be easier but i dont know what a primered, sanded,spray painted.\,glossed box would look like. thanks

I will be finnishing my box on Sat. I will forward you pics as soon as it is done.. it just has primer on it now..

Dave

paikiah

07-25-2003, 12:07 AM

auroraV8 painted the top of his box to a ratehr funky color. Ask him, he knows quite a lot about wood..:)

Aurorav8

07-25-2003, 10:55 AM

Make sure you have plenty of primer to start with, MDF is going to **** up ALOT of primer to begin with. I think I sprayed 6~8 coats of primer on the face of my box alone.

I could have taken more time with my box as far as painting goes but chose not to. A good idea is to kind of sand your last primer coat to give your color coat something to stick to. Then wetsand between each color coat, allowing the paint to dry first.

Here's a couple pics of mine...remember I just sprayed it, no sanding involved, so if you take a little time it can come out glossier than this.

http://mywpages.comcast.net/dadams312/setup2.jpg

http://mywpages.comcast.net/dadams312/mounts1.jpg

There's bad lighting on both pics so they don't exactly represent how the box looks, nor how "shiny" it is. I don't know what happened to the pics I took before I mounted the driver and put it in the car, but If I can find those I will post them...they really show how nice and shiny it is.

MXJMR

07-25-2003, 11:41 AM

Its made of 3/4" mdf, they sanded painted then primered. The purple stuff if some type of fabric so dont pay attention to that.

Bavarian3

07-25-2003, 04:45 PM

http://members.roadfly.com/capone28/Picture+004.jpg

i just spray painted it with a few coats. Im gona carpet it though as it will look much better like that in my trunk.